As for the make-up days, state law requires public schools to have a minimum of 185 days or 1,025 hours of instruction. The law also requires that schools end the year by the Friday closest to June 10. That has some school districts extending the school year by two days to June 12.
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Gov. Pat McCrory says his two-year budget proposal for legislators would give North Carolina public school administrators more flexibility to offer raises to experienced teachers and to pay for textbooks or computers for classrooms. 07:51 AM

In this series, "Through My Eyes," Time Warner Cable News reporters speak with African-American youth and adults about the issues black males face and how they feel in today's America.
How has the country progressed since the Civil Rights marches of the 1960s and how do African-American men feel they are perceived in today's world?
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As education continues to draw political attention, state lawmakers and community leaders are looking at how early childhood development between birth and age 8 play a role in ensuring a student's reading proficiency by third grade. 02:58 PM